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| Esnes is a village in the Department of the Nord, 8
kilometres south-east of Cambrai. The Cemetery is north-east of the
village on the road to Langsart. |
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| Esnes is a village in the
Department of the Nord, five miles South-East of Cambrai. It
witnessed fighting in the Battle of Le Cateau (26th August 1914),
and it was captured by the New Zealand Division on the 8th October
1918.
The Communal Cemetery is North-East of the village
on the road to Longsart. In the corner, left of the entrance, are
five graves; one (marked also by a French memorial) contains the
bodies of 112 soldiers of the 4th Division who fell in August 1914,
and in the others are buried four other United Kingdom soldiers who
died later in the War. Of the 116, 62 are unidentified. A special
memorial records the name of another soldier who fell in the Battle
of Le Cateau and is buried in the cemetery, but whose grave cannot
now be traced. The British graves cover an area of 256 square yards. |
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Cities WW1 Cemeteries website ŠPaul Reed 2006-2007
Email: info@ww1cemeteries.co.uk
Site Last Updated: 19 August 2008
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